Gladiator Tournament II - Loser's Bracket: Yarden vs. Elgin

[Black Plauge]

As tough as Yarden was, he was unable to last against Spikey's relentless wrestling, and Elgin got what was essentially a bye into this match.

Still, this has the potential to be a good match, I think. Yarden's durability will be matched up against the flexibility of Elgin's magic.

Bah! Elgin's magic hasn't helped him much yet, why should this be any different.

I think he's just been unlucky. Elgin, Yarden, introduce yourselves to the crowd.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
HP: 221

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: -0.25
Spells: 7/7/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Yarden and Elgin have 24 hours to post their round 1 action.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden appears in the ring and quickly takes in his situation. Looking up at the huge bear he just scowls. "And they would have to put us on opposite sides of the arena." Yarden raises his voice to shout, "Elgin, if you agree to meet me at least half way I won't take to flying."

Having made his offer Yarden moves away from the bear and attempts to jump on the platform there before performing his weapon drill.

OOC:
Move to K8 jumping on the platform. Jump [roll0]
Perform Weapon Drill [roll1]
Axe and Winged Shield in hand.
Glove of storing worn on left hand (shield hand).
Dodge opponent is Elgin.

[Chris Chandler]

Elgin smiles toward his competitor holding a hand to his ear, hamming for the audience -

What did you say?! What?!

Elgin moves along the edge of the row of platforms, jumping upon the last, proceding to spin his halberd in a expertly executed routine.

His fierce familiar, Grindle, scurries to the side of the platform, waiting.

[Free Action to ham to the crowd and to activate boots of speed, move action to move and jump to N-33 (+35), then perform a weapon drill (+25).

Unless stated otherwise, dodge opponent will remain Yarden for the duration of the match.]

[Black Plauge]

Initiative:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3

Yarden moves, jumping onto a platform. Jump 17 vs. DC 10. Success.
Yarden makes a Perform (weapon drill) check to impress the crowd. 24 vs. DC 35. Fails. Crowd is not impressed.

Dire Bear 2 is restrained and takes no action.

Elgin activates his boots of speed.
Elgin moves, jumping onto a platform. Jump 45 vs. DC 40. Success.
Elgin makes a Perform (weapon drill) check to impress the crowd. 44 vs. DC 35. Success. Crowd attitude towards Elgin improves 2 steps.

Dire Bear 1 is restrained and takes no action.

Grindle moves.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 221

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 1.75
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30ft speed, 9 rounds remaining
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/7/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Round 2:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3

Well, Elgin's off to a good start. Nobody's booing him anymore.

And while no one is booing Yarden, they aren't exactly tickled by his axe twirls.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 2 action.

[Lord Twig]

Alright, I'm comin'! Yarden calls out and moves along the platform then drops down and curves around some rubble to head toward his opponent. Seeing all of the walls and hedges between himself and Elgin he takes the opportunity to twirl his axe some more.

OOC:
Move to N10
Perform Weapon Drill: [roll0]
Dodge opponent will remain Elgin unless stated otherwise.

[Black Plauge]

Yarden moves.
Yarden makes a Perform (weapon drill) check to impress the crowd. 33 vs. DC 35. Fails. Crowd is not impressed.

Dire Bear 2 moves.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 221

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 1.75
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30ft speed, 9 rounds remaining
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/7/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 3:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 2 action.

[Chris Chandler]

Most interesting, Yarden - do try and keep up, my good dwarf!

Elgin focuses an initial burst of energy to leap down then onto another platform. Pausing for a moment, he casts a quick defensive spell.

Grindle the mighty advances to the rear, out of the reach of his nearby opponent.

[Move action to move to L-24, jumping to impress, then cast Shield. Deactivate boots as a free action. Grindle will withdraw to the square Elgin left, taking the route N-36, N-35, then climb to M-35, using the perpendicular wall to brace (-5 to DC), then to N-33.]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin moves, jumping to impress. Jump 49 vs. DC 40. Success. Crowd attitude towards Elgin improves 1 step.
Elgin casts shield.
Elgin deactivates his boots of speed.

Dire Bear 1 steps.

Grindle moves, climbing up onto a platform. Climb 21 vs. DC 15. Success.

Astral Construct steps.

Shield Guardian steps.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 221

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 2.75
Haste - inactive, 8 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/6/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Round 3:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3

Can't these two close the distance a little faster?

They started on opposite sides of the arena. It takes a while to travel that distance without being stupid.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 3 action.

[Lord Twig]

I have to get halfway there if I'm going to keep my end of the bargain.

Yarden pumps his legs and closes the distance with all the speed a heavily armored dwarf can muster.

OOC:
Move to M18

[Black Plauge]

Yarden moves.

Dire Bear 2 moves.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 221

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 2.75
Haste - inactive, 8 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/6/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 4:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 3 action.

[Chris Chandler]

Over here! I'm over here!

Elgin shifts position as both Yarden and Grindle approach. He mentally focuses for the task ahead.

[5-foot step to K-24, then free action for Power Surge. PM to Black Plague for further action. Grindle to take a double move to L-27]

[Lord Twig]

"I see ya!" Yarden calls back and shakes his head as Elgin waits for him to approach, "I'm not one of those bouncing, flipping clowns, you'll have to wait while I go around this mess."

Yarden slows to a jog as he moves to avoid the walls and rubble on the arena floor, while remaining alert as he gets closer to his opponent.

OOC:
Full Defense. Move to J20.

[Black Plauge]

Elgin steps.
Elgin activates his Power Surge. Concentration DC 15 is automatic.
Elgin readies an action.

Dire Bear 1 steps.

Grindle moves.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Yarden goes on full defense.
Yarden moves.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
Full Defense - no attacks, +4 AC
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 221

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 2.75
Haste - inactive, 8 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - +8 Str, expires round 5, initiative count 15, first activation
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/6/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 5:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Now their just being stubborn about not closing that distance. Elgin barely moved at all and Yarden slowed down considerably.

Maybe they are trying to spite you?

Elgin has 24 hour to post his round 5 action.

[Chris Chandler]

Elgin laughs -

Now, I know you can move faster than that, Yarden.

[Grindle continues to I-24. Elgin continues to wait patiently]

[Lord Twig]

"I get where I'm going fast enough." Yarden gages his distance. "Now let's see if you are man enough to stand and fight, or if you are going to run away!"

With that Yarden closes the distance and hops up on the platform, swinging his axe in a preemptive attack to ward against the spinning halberd he knows is coming.

OOC:
Move to K22, hop up on the platform at K23. Jump [roll0]
If Yarden makes it on the platform and finds Elgin still adjacent to him he will assume a Defensive Stance and attack. If a readied action by Elgin changes his position so Yarden can't attack I retain the right to determine what Yarden will do after Elgin's action is completed. :)
Attack Elgin with Combat Expertise -5/+5 and striking for non-lethal damage. Attack +17 +8 Str +2 Axe +1 WF -5 CE -4 non-lethal = +19 [roll1]
Damage 1d10+12 [roll2]

If the jump fails Yarden will try a couple more times and assume a Defensive Stance if he is still adjacent to Elgin.

[Black Plauge]

Elgin casts enlarge person. Yarden Spellcraft 10 vs. DC 16. Yarden cannot identify the spell being cast.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle moves.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Yarden moves, jumping up onto a platform. Jump 15 vs. DC 10. Success.
Yarden enters his defensive stance.
Yarden attacks Elgin, using combat expertise and attempting to deal non-lethal damage. Natural 1. Automatically misses. Crowd attitude towards Yarden worsens 2 step.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Power Surge expires.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Combat Expertise - -5 to hit, +5 AC
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 255

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 2.75
Haste - inactive, 8 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - Activated once
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/7/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 6:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 5 action.

[Chris Chandler]

Grindle takes a look at the situation, and decides to go behind the stand of platforms.

Elgin, on the other hand opts to press on and attack his opponent, his polearm moving impossibly fast! -

Defend yourself, good Yarden!

[Grindle moves to D-26, Cast Wraithstrike as a swift action, Full attack with Spinning Halberd:

Regular Attacks (with Haste, Power Surge, Enlarge Person penalty and Higher Ground)
+30/+30/+25/+20 for 1d10+17

Halberd Staff attack
+25 for 1d6+10

All attacks are touch attacks versus Touch AC of 25 (including full defense and defensive stance)

Attack 1 - Trip Attack
[roll0] Trip check [roll1] - Yarden's modifier is +11
(countertrip) Trip check [roll2] - Yarden's modifier is +11
[roll3] and [roll4] damage
Attack 2 - Trip attack if first trip attempt was unsuccessful, otherwise regular attack
[roll5] Trip check [roll6] - Yarden's modifier is +11
(countertrip) Trip check [roll7] - Yarden's modifier is +11
[roll8] and [roll9] damage
Attack 3 - Regular Attack
[roll10] and [roll11] damage
Attack 4 - Regular Attack
[roll12] and [roll13] damage
Attack 4 - Regular Attack (staff end of Halberd)
[roll14] and [roll15] damage

Spinning Halberd also gives a +1 dodge bonus to AC vs Yarden
Round 5 means lethal damage!
]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin grows to large size as his enlarge person spell comes into effect.
Elgin activates his boots of speed.
Elgin steps.
Elgin casts wraithstrike
Elgin attacks Yarden, attempting to trip. 41 vs. Touch AC 27. Hits. Trip 30 vs. 27. Success. Yarden is prone. Crowd attitude towards Elgin improves 2 steps. Elgin gets a follow-up attack. 31 vs. Touch AC 23 (-4 prone). Hits. Deals 23 damage. DR reduces to 17 damage.
Elgin attacks Yarden. 45 (natural 19), 30, 19, & 26 vs. Touch AC 23. One threatens, two hit, one whiffs. 28 vs. Touch AC 23. Confirms critical hit. Deals 17+25+27=69, 22, & 15 damage. DR reduces to 63, 16, & 9 damage. Crowd attitude towards Elgin improves 1 step (+2 critical, -1 whiff). Elgin is now Appreciated (+1 attacks & damage). Note: The morale bonus to hit and damage applies from the critical hit forward.

Dire Bear 1 take no action.

Grindle moves.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Prone - -4 melee attacks & AC, +4 ranged AC
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 150

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (+1 attacks & damage)
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30ft speed, 7 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - Activated once
Enlarge person - +2 Str, -2 Dex, -1 attacks & AC, large size, must be dismissed by initiative count 14 round 9
Wraithstrike - attacks resolve as touch attacks, expires round 6 initiative count 15
Spinning Halbred - +1 AC
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/6/5/3
HP: 104

Grindle:
HP: 52

Round 6:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3

Yarden has closed on Elgin in an attempt to disrupt his spell, but that jump onto the platform has thrown off his balance and his attack is wide.

Elgin's quick to capitalize too. Once his spell took effect and he grew in size he went at Yarden with a vengance.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 6 action.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden reels from the pounding of the spinning halberd. He realizes after the first hit that the ancient techniques of the Dwarves to avoid giant humanoids for some reason is not effective against giant-sized Humans. He shakes his head to clear the ringing and rolls to his feet.

"That was quite a go," Yarden remarks grimly, "Let's see if you can do that again." He stows his shield, shifts forward toward Elgin and takes a two-handed defensive swing at his opponent.

OOC:

Stand from Prone. Store shield with Glove of Storing. 5' step to K24. Attack with Axe two-handed and fighting defensively -5.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[Black Plauge]

Yarden stands from prone, provoking an AoO. Elgin attacks Yarden. 36 vs. Touch AC 23. Hits. Deals 25 damage. DR reduces to 19 damage.
Yarden stands from prone.
Yarden stows his shield in his glove of storing and steps.
Yarden attacks Elgin, using two hands on his axe and employing combat expertise. 34 vs. AC 22. Hits. Deals 18 damage.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Wraithstrike expires.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Shield stowed - -5 AC
Combat Experise - -5 to hit, +5 AC
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 131

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (+1 attacks & damage)
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30ft speed, 7 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated once
Enlarge person - +2 Str, -2 Dex, -1 attacks & AC, large size, must be dismissed by initiative count 14 round 9
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/6/5/3
HP: 86

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 7:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 6 action.

[Chris Chandler]

Elgin smiles BIG, but shakes his head -

Oh, no. You aren't about to catch me trading blows with you good sir. I prefer a bit more mobility, honestly!

With that he immediately shrinks down, steps carefully away, then focuses his magical ability into his weapon.

[Standard Action to dismiss Enlarge person (ending in K-26). 5-foot step to L-27. Move action to Channel Weapon, with spell PMed to BP. Grindle to move to H-23]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin dismisses enlarge person.
Elgin steps and channels a spell into his halbred.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle moves.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Shield Stowed - -5 AC
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 131

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30ft speed, 6 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated once
Channel spell
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/6/4/3
HP: 86

Grindle:
HP: 52

Round 7:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3

Hmm... That's suprising. Elgin's dropped his size advantage after attacking only once.

Well, this way he's effectively further away from Yarden. In his normal size he doesn't take up nearly as much room as his enlarged form did.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 7 action.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden stares in disbelief. "I barely scratched you and you're runnin' away? Do you need your mother to kiss it for you?"

Shaking his head Yarden calls his shield back to his hand and speaks the command word. The small wings around his shield start to flap like mad and Yarden raises a couple of feet above the platform, but otherwise doesn't move.

OOC:
Switch back to a one-handed grip on his axe as a free action. Retrieve shield as a free action. Speak command word as a standard action. 5' step (float) up as a free action to be 5' above the ground (2 1/2' above the platform).

[Black Plauge]

Yarden retrieves his shield.
Yarden activates the fly spell in his shield and steps.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 131

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30ft speed, 6 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated once
Channel spell
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/6/4/3
HP: 86

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 8:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 7 action.

Map is largely unchanged (Yarden now has a height marker which reads 5').

[Chris Chandler]

Now you leave mothers and kisses out of it!

Elgin flashes a smile as he changes his position, executing an impressive leap, then casts another quick defensive spell.

[Move to H26, then jump to H25, to impress, then complete move to G24. Deactivate Boots as a free action. Cast Mage Armor as a standard action. Grindle to move to hold position, total defense.]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin moves, jumping to impress and onto a platform. Jump 37 vs. DCs 40 & 20. Fails and success. Elgin does not impress the crowd but does land on the platform.
Elgin deactivates his boots of speed.
Elgin casts greater mage armor. Yarden Spellcraft 10 vs. DC 18. Fails. Yarden cannot identify the spell being cast.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle goes on full defense.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 131

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated once
Channel spell
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/6/3/3
HP: 86

Grindle:
Full Defense - no attacks, +4 AC
HP: 52

Round 8:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3

And now for a flying dwarf...

You're bored by the lack of fighting already?

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 8 action.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden feigns a shocked attitude. "My deepest apologies, I did not realize that you and your mother had that kind of a relationship." Yarden waits patiently right where he is.

OOC:
Ready action sent to BP.

[Black Plauge]

Yarden readies an action.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Combat Expertise - -5 to hit, +5 AC
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 131

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated once
Channel spell
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/6/3/3
HP: 86

Grindle:
Full Defense - no attacks, +4 AC
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 9:
Yarden: 18
Dire Bear 2: 16

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 8 action.

Map is unchanged.

[Chris Chandler]

Oh, quite funny! Come along Yarden, you really shouldn't delay so!

This may end it, but we may have to take a little pain to win this one -

Elgin takes a moment to breath slowly, then steps into a portal, immediately underneath his opponent!

[Karmic Strike, with Yarden as the target, free action to cast Wraithstrike, Move action to activate power surge (DC 20), Standard Action to cast Dimension Door, target square is K-24. Grindle is moving to K-23]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin sets his Karmic Strike opponent as Yarden.
Elgin casts wraithstrike.
Elgin activates his Power Surge. Concentration DC 20 is automatic.
Elgin casts dimension door.

Elgin’s appearance next to Yarden triggers Yarden’s readied action. Since Yarden can reach Elgin where he stands, the 5' step that was part of the readied action is not necessary and will be ignored. Also, because Elgin’s action is complete at the time he appears next to Yarden, Yarden’s initiative will be set to be just below Elgin, not above him, because he has not interrupted Elgin’s action.
Yarden attacks Elgin. 42 vs. AC 24. Hits. Deals 22 damage (max damage). This provokes an AoO from Elgin thanks to Karmic Strike. Crowd attitude towards Yarden improves 1 step.
Elgin attacks Yarden. 41 vs. Touch AC 27. Hits. Deals 21 damage and triggers the vampiric touch Elgin channeled earlier. Vampiric touch 13 damage to Yarden, granting Elgin an equal number of temporary hit points. DR reduces the weapon damage to 15.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle moves.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Wraithstrike expires.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 3.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Combat Expertise - -5 to hit, +5 AC
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 103

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - +8 Str, Second activation, expires initiative count 15 round 10
Karmic Strike - Yarden, -4 AC, AoO when hit
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/5/3/2
Temporary HP: 13
HP: 64

Grindle:
HP: 52

Yarden: 15
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 10:
Dire Bear 2: 16

Action!

Elgin's used his magic to close with Yarden quickly. Now, that left him vulnerable to attack, but Elgin took advantage of that to pull Yarden into an attack that left him vulnerable to a counter attack.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 9 action.

[Lord Twig]

"Glad you could join me! Let's do this!" Yarden laughs as he swings away with his axe. He laughs even harder as Elgin hits back with every blow. ""One of us is going down! It may well be me, but you will remember the bite of my axe!"

OOC:
Full attack against Elgin.
Attack +29 (+17 BAB +8 Str +1 WF +2 Axe +1 higher ground)
Damage 1D10+12 (+8 Str +2 WS +2 Axe)
1st Attack [roll0] Damage [roll1]
2nd Attack [roll2] Damage [roll3]
3rd Attack [roll4] Damage [roll5]
4th Attack [roll6] Damage [roll7]

[Black Plauge]

Yarden attacks Elgin. 36 vs. AC 25. Hits. Deals 19 damage. This provokes an AoO from Elgin. Elgin attacks Yarden. 45 vs. AC 37. Hits. Deals 22 damage. DR reduces to 16.
Yarden attacks Elgin. 31 vs. AC 25. Hits. Deals 14 damage. This provokes an AoO from Elgin. Elgin attacks Yarden. 33 vs. AC 37. Deflected by shield.
Yarden attacks Elgin. 27 vs. AC 25. Hits. Deals 19 damage. This provokes an AoO from Elgin. Elgin attacks Yarden. 35 vs. AC 37. Deflected by shield.
Yarden attacks Elgin. 24 vs. AC 25. Deflected by natural armor.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 87

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - +8 Str, Second activation, expires initiative count 15 round 10
Karmic Strike - Yarden, -4 AC, AoO when hit
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/5/3/2
HP: 25

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 10:
Dire Bear 2: 16
Yarden: 15

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 9 action.

Map is unchanged.

[Chris Chandler]

Eglin reels from his debacle of a manuever and withdraws -

That... should not have happened - how was he able to... No matter, let's try another tactic -

Yarden, You are certainly tough enough to crack!




[Withdraw to M-28. Grindle withdraws to E-24, cowers]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin withdraws.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle withdraws.

Astral Construct steps.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Power Surge expires.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 87

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated twice (DC 25 to activate again)
Karmic Strike - Yarden, -4 AC, AoO when hit
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/5/3/2
HP: 25

Grindle:
HP: 52

Yarden: 15
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 11:
Dire Bear 2: 16

Yarden is pounding on Elgin not that he's up close and personal, but Elgin is pounding back.

Well, he's trying to. Yarden's armor is proving much harder to get through than Elgin's spells.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 10 action.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden floats slowly in the direction that Elgin went. "That was some fun, but you left just when it was getting interesting!"

OOC:
5' Step to K25.
Prepare action (sent to BP)

[Black Plauge]

Yarden steps and readies an action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 87

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Power Surge - activated twice (DC 25 to activate again)
Karmic Strike - Yarden, -4 AC, AoO when hit
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/5/3/2
HP: 25

Grindle:
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 11:
Dire Bear 2: 16
Yarden: 15

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 10 action.

[Chris Chandler]

Elgin waits for Grindle to reachmoves along the center of the arena, incredibly quickly, then leaps atop a tall platform -

No, no, Yarden - over here! you're a big enough target, at least!

[move to G-25, jumping over the obstacle G-27 to impress, drawing composite longbow during the move. Drop Halberd. Cast Mirror Image. Grindle should be able to share the spell. Grindle moves to G-27 and "climbs on board".]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin moves, jumping over a low wall, onto a platform and to impress and drawing his longbow. Jump 35 vs. DC 30 & 40. Success and fails. Elgin clears the wall, landing on the platform, but the crowd is not impressed.
Elgin drops his halbred.
Elgin casts mirror image, sharing the spell with Grindle.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle moves, climbing onto Elgin.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 87

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Mirror image - 4 images, duration of match
Power Surge - activated twice (DC 25 to activate again)
Karmic Strike - Yarden, -4 AC, AoO when hit
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/5/3/2
HP: 25

Grindle:
Mirror image - 4 images, shared with Elgin
HP: 52

Yarden: 15
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 12:
Dire Bear 2: 16

So, Elgin's going to run circles around our immobile dwarf.

It's easier than trying to engage him directly.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 11 action.

[Lord Twig]

"If your afraid to get hit your in the wrong Business!" Yarden yells as Elgin bounces around and pulls his bow. "Target practice it is then."

When Elgin bursts into multiple copies Yarden's eyes narrow and his mouth sneers almost involuntarily. "Oh dear," he says as he floats back, drops his axe and pulls his bow, "how will I ever choose the right one?" In practiced fashion Yarden draws, nocks and let's an arrow fly directly at the real Elgin.

OOC:
5' step back to L25. Drop axe and pull shield into glove as free actions. Draw bow from efficient quiver as a Move action. Shoot Elgin as a standard action, targeting the real Elgin (possible because of Pierce Magical Concealment feat).

Bow attack: [roll0] damage: [roll1]

[Black Plauge]

Note: After rereading the text to the Karmic Strike feat, I realized that it is something that a character should decide to use (or not use) each round, much like the Dodge feat. Thus, because Elgin didn’t specify that he would use it each round unless otherwise stated, I should have removed it from his stat block a few actions ago (not that the 4 points of AC makes a difference in the outcome of this round).

Yarden steps and drops his axe.
Yarden draws his bow and shoots at Elgin. 23 vs. AC 28. Deflected by greater mage armor.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 87

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 5.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - inactive, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Mirror image - 4 images, duration of match
Power Surge - activated twice (DC 25 to activate again)
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/5/3/2
HP: 25

Grindle:
Mirror image - 4 images, shared with Elgin
HP: 52

Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 12:
Dire Bear 2: 16
Yarden: 15

Elgin has 24 hours to post his round 11 action.

[Chris Chandler]

And again!

Elgin moves quickly from one platform to the next, switching weapons, allowing for an attack.

[Cast Wraithstrike as a swift action, Move to the "22" column in order to make a running jump to L-23 (to impress), then to L-24. Single attack with Combat Expertise -5/+5. Grindle's hanging out.]

[Black Plauge]

Elgin drops his bow, picks up his halbred, and casts wraithstrike.
Elgin activates his boots of speed.
Elgin moves, jumping to impress. Jump 50 vs. DC 40. Success. Crowd attitude towards Elgin improves 1 step.

Dire Bear 1 takes no action.

Grindle takes no action.

Astral Construct takes no action.

Shield Guardian takes no action.

Dire Bear 2 takes no action.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 2.25
Defensive Stance - +2 Str, +4 Con, save bonus doesn’t stack, +4 AC, 5ft step max move expires initiative count 18 round 16
Fly - 40 ft (good) fly speed
Dodge - Elgin
HP: 87

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 6.75 (Appreciated, +1 attacks & damage)
Haste - +1 attacks, AC, & Ref, +30 ft speed, 5 rounds remaining
Shield - +4 AC, duration of match
Greater Mage armor - +6 AC, duration of match
Mirror image - 4 images, duration of match
Wraithstrike - Melee attack resolve as touch attacks, expires round 12 initiative count 15 (after Yarden)
Power Surge - activated twice (DC 25 to activate again)
Dodge - Yarden
Spells: 7/5/4/3/2
HP: 25

Grindle:
Mirror image - 4 images, shared with Elgin
HP: 52

Yarden: 15
Elgin: 15
Dire Bear 1: 14
Grindle: 13
Astral Construct: 11
Shield Guardian: 3
Round 13:
Dire Bear 2: 16

Well, Yarden's not a bit fooled by the multiple Elgins from the looks of it.

To the point that Elgin seems to have reversed his decision to engage in target practice. I supposed that isn't quite so fun when the playing field is far more level than you thought.

Yarden has 24 hours to post his round 12 action.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden is not surprised to see Elgin abandon his bow after Yarden displayed his ability to pick out the real Elgin from the images. He is surprised, however, to find that Elgin moved all the way up to him so recklessly. Apparently the Kensai considered him unarmed, a foolish assumption considering the spikes protruding from every corner of his armor. The armor that Yarden is so comfortable in that it might as well be a part of him.

"It seems I once again have to demonstrate that these spikes are not just a decoration," Yarden says conversationally. Just as Elgin steps into mêlée range Yarden drops his bow and brings his shield back to his hand. Yarden immediately floats up a few inches and lurches forward. Leading with his shield Yarden twists at the last moment to bring his shoulder spike around and strait toward Elgin's head, quickly followed by bringing his knee spike up under the shield then twisting back to shove first his left then right elbow spikes in toward Elgin's middle.

After the vicious combo Yarden floats back off the platform to survey the damage.

OOC:
Drop bow and call shield back to hand from glove as free actions. Full attack with armor spikes (once again ignoring the images) the 5' step to L26.

Attack +17 BAB +8 Str +1 MW spikes +1 higher ground = +27 Damage 1d6+8
1st attack [roll0] damage [roll1]
2nd attack [roll2] damage [roll3]
3rd attack [roll4] damage [roll5]
4th attack [roll6] damage [roll7]

If Elgin drops Yarden will stop attacking.

[Black Plauge]

Yarden attacks Elgin. 37, 29, 32, & 31 vs. AC 30. Three hit, one deflected by natural armor. Deals 9, 11, & 14 (max damage) damage. Elgin is dying. Crowd attitude towards Yarden improves 1 step.

Match is over. Yarden wins.

Yarden:
Crowd Attitude: 4.25
HP: 19

Elgin:
Crowd Attitude: 6.75
Spells: 7/5/4/3/2
HP: -9

Grindle:
HP: 52

Yarden tears into Elgin with those nasty spikes of his and just barely avoids killing the poor sap for the second time in this tournament!

The clerics were able to catch Elgin in time, however, so he'll live to fight another day.

Just not in this tournament.

Voting will close Thursday, 1 November, 2007. Yarden should PM me his recovery plans by that date to.

[Lord Twig]

Yarden watches Elgin crumble to the ground as he floats away. A quick glance to the tournament clerics confirms that Elgin is not dead and that he has won the match. He floats calmly back to the platform to retrieve his weapons.

Once more he finds himself covered in blood, his own and his opponents, but this time he is victorious. After bending to pick up his ax he thrusts it high in the air to the cheers of the crowd. The deep rumbling of his dwarven fans, all chanting "ROCK! ROCK! ROCK!", is an undertone to the general shouting.

Finally abandoning his stance he almost staggers before regaining control. He allows his shield to carry him back to stables where he can get his many wounds treated.